Job summary
TEAM / ROLE PURPOSE
Doncaster Place SYICB
Transformation and Delivery Team. The purpose of this team is to work with health and care partners to transform services, always
keeping the patient at the heart of what we do
ORGANISATIONAL
CHART
The post holder will report to Please see chart in job description for
details.
LOCATION / BASE
SYICB currently operate using a
hybrid working model; combining both home and office working. There is an
office space based in each place across South Yorkshire for which all staff are
entitled to work from.
Doncaster Place office space will be
your base.
Main duties of the job
The assignment brief accompanying the job description describes
in more detail what the candidate will do .
In order to be able to deliver
the assignment brief we are looking for enthusiastic individuals who foster positive
working relationships and can negotiate, problem solve and plan strategically.
You may need to make decisions on difficult and contentious issues and you will
have excellent communication and presentation skills
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health
and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the
strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local
communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in
population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader
health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South
Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the
Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South
Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care
services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP
practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working
across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work
alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE
partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider
determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as a key member
of the transformation, delivery and improvement team you will support the key
functions of the commissioning cycle including analysis of need, service
design and improvement with a focus on health inequalities. This role will be
pivotal to the delivery of strategic developments and projects including
development of project plans and collaboration with service providers across
health and care,
You will be educated to
masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience
working at a commensurate band/level.
You will understand the
commissioning function and its component parts and have experience of commissioning
in a health or social care setting.
Demonstrable experience
of project management and leading service change as well as experience of
managing stakeholders are key requirements.
You should be able to
provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information and be able to
draw conclusions from a range of sources in both qualitative and quantitative
information.
ROLE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
The post holder will support the delivery of specific work streams and programmes; the below are examples of the current prioritised workstreams for the team and your role will include, but will not be limited to:
Priorities as identified in the 1 Doncaster Plan for 24/25:
- Supporting the review of the Better Care Fund recurrent and non-recurrent schemes, to identify opportunities to achieve more from our pooled funds
- Supporting the review of Section 75s, 76s and 256s and the development of associated specifications where necessary
- Supporting the review of Doncaster Place contracts with providers, identifying opportunities for savings in particular
- Leading winter resilience across the Doncaster health and care system
- Leading the annual planning round across the Doncaster health system
- Supporting the delivery and future development of the covid vaccination programme
Key objectives / purpose of this role include:
- Lead on elements of the Living Well Strategic Delivery Plan
- Develop the living well operational delivery plans for 24/25 for specific areas included in the living well portfolio
- Lead on specific projects and programmes across portfolio areas
Living Well portfolio areas include but are not limited to:
o Mental health, Learning Disability and Autism
o Cancer
o Long Term Conditions
o Planned care
o Urgent and emergency care
o Long term conditions and pathways
o Primary care
It is expected that the postholder will:
- Focus on mental health, learning disability and autism and the development of key pathways ensuring plans are robust including winter plans
- Have oversight of cancer and the development of the annual delivery plan
- Have oversight of crisis alternative work, employment advisers and individual placement support led by other members of the team
- Work with provider alliances and local partners to implement national and local priorities and existing contractual agreements
- Have oversight of key contracts as they relate to the lead areas
- Work with partners on embedding key projects to ensure integration and aligned governance (rough sleepers project and complex lives for example)
- Seek innovative ways of utilising investment opportunities securing exit plans for non recurrent projects
- Line manage and develop members of the team
- Support other Senior Transformation and Delivery Project Managers and their workstreams as required to ensure a balanced workload across the directorate
Interviews: 7th May 2024
If you are interested in
the role and think you have the right experience and abilities as detailed in
the job description, please contact Carolyn Ogle on 07783 199564 or via teams for
an informal discussion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as a key member
of the transformation, delivery and improvement team you will support the key
functions of the commissioning cycle including analysis of need, service
design and improvement with a focus on health inequalities. This role will be
pivotal to the delivery of strategic developments and projects including
development of project plans and collaboration with service providers across
health and care,
You will be educated to
masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience
working at a commensurate band/level.
You will understand the
commissioning function and its component parts and have experience of commissioning
in a health or social care setting.
Demonstrable experience
of project management and leading service change as well as experience of
managing stakeholders are key requirements.
You should be able to
provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information and be able to
draw conclusions from a range of sources in both qualitative and quantitative
information.
ROLE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
The post holder will support the delivery of specific work streams and programmes; the below are examples of the current prioritised workstreams for the team and your role will include, but will not be limited to:
Priorities as identified in the 1 Doncaster Plan for 24/25:
- Supporting the review of the Better Care Fund recurrent and non-recurrent schemes, to identify opportunities to achieve more from our pooled funds
- Supporting the review of Section 75s, 76s and 256s and the development of associated specifications where necessary
- Supporting the review of Doncaster Place contracts with providers, identifying opportunities for savings in particular
- Leading winter resilience across the Doncaster health and care system
- Leading the annual planning round across the Doncaster health system
- Supporting the delivery and future development of the covid vaccination programme
Key objectives / purpose of this role include:
- Lead on elements of the Living Well Strategic Delivery Plan
- Develop the living well operational delivery plans for 24/25 for specific areas included in the living well portfolio
- Lead on specific projects and programmes across portfolio areas
Living Well portfolio areas include but are not limited to:
o Mental health, Learning Disability and Autism
o Cancer
o Long Term Conditions
o Planned care
o Urgent and emergency care
o Long term conditions and pathways
o Primary care
It is expected that the postholder will:
- Focus on mental health, learning disability and autism and the development of key pathways ensuring plans are robust including winter plans
- Have oversight of cancer and the development of the annual delivery plan
- Have oversight of crisis alternative work, employment advisers and individual placement support led by other members of the team
- Work with provider alliances and local partners to implement national and local priorities and existing contractual agreements
- Have oversight of key contracts as they relate to the lead areas
- Work with partners on embedding key projects to ensure integration and aligned governance (rough sleepers project and complex lives for example)
- Seek innovative ways of utilising investment opportunities securing exit plans for non recurrent projects
- Line manage and develop members of the team
- Support other Senior Transformation and Delivery Project Managers and their workstreams as required to ensure a balanced workload across the directorate
Interviews: 7th May 2024
If you are interested in
the role and think you have the right experience and abilities as detailed in
the job description, please contact Carolyn Ogle on 07783 199564 or via teams for
an informal discussion.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of the commissioning function including planning, assessment of needs, service development/implementation, contracting, performance management/service improvement across health and social care.
- Understanding of public sector contracting (NHS/Social Care).
- Must understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this.
- Must understand the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
Desirable
- To have one or more of the following project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience; Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes, Advanced Practitioner, P3O Practitioner, APM Registered Project Professional, Project Leadership Programme.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
- Experience of commissioning services in health and/or social care sector.
- Significant experience of managing projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of leading change in service delivery from a commissioning perspective.
- Experience of providing support and input into complex services/programmes.
- Experience in managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence, and particular interests.
- Experience of preparing briefing papers and correspondence at board level.
- Experience of managing a team.
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
- Able to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
- Able to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium and long- term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and intermediate keyboard skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
- Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.
- Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment.
Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation.
- Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
- Compassionate leader.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge of the commissioning function including planning, assessment of needs, service development/implementation, contracting, performance management/service improvement across health and social care.
- Understanding of public sector contracting (NHS/Social Care).
- Must understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this.
- Must understand the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band / level.
Desirable
- To have one or more of the following project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience; Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes, Advanced Practitioner, P3O Practitioner, APM Registered Project Professional, Project Leadership Programme.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
- Experience of commissioning services in health and/or social care sector.
- Significant experience of managing projects and delivering them within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Experience of leading change in service delivery from a commissioning perspective.
- Experience of providing support and input into complex services/programmes.
- Experience in managing stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence, and particular interests.
- Experience of preparing briefing papers and correspondence at board level.
- Experience of managing a team.
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information.
- Able to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it in a clear and concise way.
- Able to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Able to negotiate on difficult and contentious issues including performance and change.
- Ability to effectively plan and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and consider complex information and develop a range of options.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan over the short, medium and long- term altering plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
- Experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all stakeholders.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and intermediate keyboard skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and an ability to engage successfully with a wide range of people at all levels within the organisation.
- Ability to build relations with internal and external partners which are critical in securing the strategic objectives.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
Desirable
- Previous experience in similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.
- Experience of working in portfolio and/or programme management environment.
Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focused on removing barriers to full participation.
- Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
- Compassionate leader.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.